Hansard

The Convener (Daniel Johnson) Lab

Good morning, and welcome to the sixth meeting of the Economy and Fair Work Committee in 2026. This morning, we have three items for consideration: the Digit...

The Convener Lab

Amendment 1, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 2 and 4.

The Minister for Business and Employment (Richard Lochhead) SNP

Good morning. It is good to join committee members for stage 2 consideration over the next five minutes or so—maybe longer. I thank the committee and all sta...

The Convener Lab

As no members have indicated that they wish to speak, I invite the minister to wind up, if he wishes to do so, and to press or withdraw amendment 1.

Richard Lochhead SNP

I thank committee members for understanding the need for the amendments, which are about providing clarity and listening to the feedback in the committee’s r...

The Convener Lab

Amendment 3, in the name of the minister, is in a group on its own.

Richard Lochhead SNP

Amendment 3 relates to good-faith acquisition for value in section 4(2) of the bill. In its stage 1 report, the committee called on the Scottish Government t...

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Con

I welcome the Government’s amendment in response to concerns from the Faculty of Advocates. The one point that occurred to me—we touched on this in stage 1 e...

The Convener Lab

As no other member has indicated that they wish to speak, I invite the minister to wind up and to press or withdraw the amendment.

Richard Lochhead SNP

I will just respond to Murdo Fraser and then wind up. We have reflected on all these issues. We are considering stage 3 amendments, but that issue is not one...

The Convener Lab

That ends consideration of the Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill at stage 2. Although we did not quite meet his five-minute challenge, I thank the minister.10:1...